Popular Nigerian singer, Iyanya Onoyom Mbuk, with the stage name Iyanya, has disclosed how he spent N52 million on the song he recorded with music star, Davido and Kizz Daniel. Iyanya stated this on Twitter while lamenting how expensive it has become to promote songs in Nigeria. The singer explained …
Read More »Wizkid, 1da Banton, Tekno feature on the theme song for ‘Ted Lasso’ Season 3
Nigerian music stars Wizkid, Tekno, and 1da Banton are part of the featured artists on the third season of popular TV show “Ted Lasso”. The Nigerian stars are joined by artists across the world including American megastar Beyoncé, rapper Ice Cube, and the great Bob Dylan.
Read More »Rema’s ‘Calm Down’ is the fourth most popular song in the UK
Nigerian superstar Rema has continued to shine on the UK Official Singles Chart as his hit single ‘Calm Down’ reaches a new peak. On this week’s UK Official Singles Chart (March 24 – 30, 2023), Rema’s ‘Calm Down’ reached a new peak as it moved from its NO. 5 spot …
Read More »Sanwo-Olu lists Spyro’s ‘Who’s Your Guy’ as current favourite song
The song is a current street anthem. The Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has recently shared that his favourite song is ‘Who’s Your Guy’ by Spyro, a popular Nigerian artist known for his Afrobeats and Afrofusion music.
Read More »Asake Accused Of Recycling ‘Palazzo’ In Forthcoming Song
Nigerian Singer CDQ has criticized Afrobeat star, Asake over the latter’s soon-to-be-released song. This is coming after the singer shared a glimpse of his new music on his social media handle in the early hours of Sunday. In the video, Asake was captured delivering his lyrics in a mixture of …
Read More »Oscars 2023: Tems loses Best Original Song award to ‘RRR’
She was nominated for her contribution as a songwriter on ‘Lift Me Up,’ one of the songs on Marvel’s ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’. The Nigerian singer was nominated alongside ‘Applause’ from ‘Tell It like a Woman’ (Diane Warren), ‘Hold My Hand’ from ‘Top Gun Maverick’ (Lady Gaga and BloodPop), ‘This …
Read More »Country Star Brad Paisley Teams Up with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on New Song ‘Same Here’
On Friday, country music superstar Brad Paisley released a new song titled Same Here dedicated to people of Ukraine which features none other than the voice of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy himself. On this one year anniversary of the invasion, I’m reminded of the ways we are all so similar.Here …
Read More »Rema’s ‘Calm Down’ becomes the second highest charting Afrobeats song on Billboard Hot 100
‘Calm Down’ enters its 27th week on the chart while also becoming the second highest charting Afrobeats song after Wizkid‘s ‘Essence’ which peaked at NO. 9 following the huge success of the Justin Bieber remix. Tems continues to appear on the chart courtesy of Future‘s ‘Wait For U’ which retains …
Read More »‘It feels great,’ 50 Cent reacts to Tekno sampling his song
When asked by the host how he feels that an artist from Nigeria will sample his song, 50 Cent described the feeling as a great one and part of the motivations that keeps him going. When asked why he thinks artists from 21 Savage from Atlanta and Tekno from Nigeria …
Read More »Asake was getting in my ‘brainwave’. I feel I should have been on his Joha song – Blackface reaffirms that the YBNL star allegedly stole his song (video)
Controversial singer, Blackface has reaffirmed that YBNL star, Asake, allegedly made up lyrics for his hit song “Joha” from a song he released in 2020. Speaking to Hip TV, Blackface stated that Asake and others who have been “stealing” from him, might have been consciously or subconsciously getting into …
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